Featured Artist Cecelia Feld

Artist Cecelia Feld describes her abstract artwork as “chasing the unexpected.” Using printmaking, painting and collage, her visual components lead down unexpected paths. Visit her website to see more.

 

 

No preconceived idea. That’s how I begin. I gather bits and pieces from my visual experiences and bump them up against each other.

 

 

My work, in printmaking, painting and collage is about exploring relationships. There are references in my work to the textures, colors, lines and shapes of my encounters in the real world.

 

 

The layered or intersecting shapes, the punctuations or expanses of color, the character of a line; these order the picture plane which is my playing field. The resulting abstract images may or may not allude to natural forms.

 

 

The relationship of visual components in my work is similar to what happens in jazz. There are themes and variations, repetitive devices, tension and release, harmony and disharmony. There is a lot of improvisation. The results are unexpected. I might have some idea of the general direction but, like jazz, there can be many twists and turns along the way before a work is completed. The result is often the impetus for the next part of my art-making journey.

 

 

My collagraph and monotype prints frequently become the basis for the collages. They may be background or foreground and provide texture and color, which play off against other kinds of found paper in the collage.

 

 

Older prints are often “repurposed” and cut up. Sometimes, an acrylic painting on paper is the foundation for a newly created collage.

 

 

I love to travel and have a large collection of old paper maps. Instead of cutting them up I photograph them, print from the computer and cut them, incorporating them into collages such as the series “Have Map Will Travel.”

 

 

My mixed media acrylic paintings, like my prints and collages, also explore the nature of abstraction. I may add string, paper, cardboard, fabric or areas of heavy gesso to give added texture to the painted surface.

 

 

My studios are my refuge, whether in the midst of the hustle and bustle of Dallas or the tranquility of my north Texas farm. Travel, at home and abroad, fuels my imagination. I channel the sights, sounds, order and chaos into works on canvas and paper.

 

 

Serendipity is the hallmark of my work. I love the unpredictability of working with paint, paper, ink and plate.

 

Artist Cecelia Feld invites you to follow her on her Blog and Twitter.

 

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